Sexual vs. asexual reproduction—unisexual vs. bisexual populations—diploid vs. polyploid
biotypes—genetic vs. environmental sex determination: all these natural phenomena are …

Adipose tissue is now recognized as an active endocrine organ, which synthesizes and
secretes numerous peptides factors called adipokines. In mammals, they exert pleiotropic …

A set of high-quality pan-genomes would help identify important genes that are still
hidden/incomplete in bird reference genomes. In an attempt to address these issues, we …

Most vertebrates develop distinct females and males, where sex is determined by repeatedly
evolved environmental or genetic triggers. Undifferentiated sex chromosomes and large …

Allopolyploid genomes are divided into compartments called subgenomes that are derived
from lower ploidy ancestors. In African clawed frogs of the subgenus Xenopus (genus …

Cytogenetics can be used as a tool to study the evolution of polyploidy and taxonomy. Here
we focus on aquatic African pipids, dwarf clawed frogs (Hymenochirus). Our study reveals …

The widely distributed ray-finned fish genus Carassius is very well known due to its unique
biological characteristics such as polyploidy, clonality, and/or interspecies hybridization …

Some evidence shows that body mass index in humans and extreme weights in animal
models, including avian species, are associated with low in vitro fertilization, bad oocyte …

Leptin and ghrelin have been recognised to have a major influence on energy balance.
Leptin is majorly secreted from brain tissues and ghrelin from proventriculus in chicken. Both …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic gene region that
regulates cellular communication in all specific immune responses. In this study, we …